the bbc has not independently verified the latest claims by the idf. israel is now warning people living in northern gaza to move further south as it steps up what it says is the third phase of its ground operations against hamas. the un says nearly i.9m people have been forced from their homes since israel s retaliatory strikes began, after hamas attacks on october the seventh. this as testimony is coming to light about the horrors of the october 7th attacks nearly two months later. the bbc has been hearing evidence that women were sexually assaulted, raped and mutilated during hamas s attacks on southern israel. israeli investigators say they are trawling through 60,000 hours of footage, and have compiled more than a thousand testimonies from witnesses and those who handled the bodies of victims after the attack. this report from our middle east correspondent, lucy williamson, contains graphic details and testimony you may find very disturbing. out of the chaos and mass
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the government has signed a new deal with rwanda today, the latest attempt in plans to send some migrants there. the supreme court ruled the last version of the policy was against the law as migrants sent to rwanda would then be at risk of being sent back home dangerous countries. today the home secretary james cleverly insisted the new deal addressed those issues. but he couldn t guarantee that any flights carrying asylum seekers would take off before the next election. our political editor chris mason travelled with him to rwanda. this was james cleverly s first foreign trip as home secretary, but hang on a minute, a spot of east african deja vu. priti patel came here as home secretary in april of last year and suella braverman was here in march. three home secretaries making it to rwanda before a single migrant. last month, the supreme court said the rwanda plan was unlawful. this is what the government s hoped for solution